Parambikulam Tiger Reserve

December 31, 2021
Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
Category: DPN Topics

Parambikulam Tiger Reserve

Subject – Environment

Context – Policemen on duty at the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve police station faced an unusual threat on Wednesday night when a female elephant and her calf raided the premises.

Concept –

Name	Location	Features
Parambikulam Tiger Reserve	Located in the Palakkad District of Kerala. It is a well protected ecological portion in the Nelliampathy – Anamalai landscape of the Southern Western Ghats in India.	It was declared as Tiger Reserve during 2008-09. The reserve is credited with the first scientifically managed teak plantation in the world which was later merged with the forest land. It has the world’s largest and oldest teak tree named “Kannimara“.

Tribes	Fauna
The Kadar, Malasar, Muduvar, and Mala Malasar are among the four indigenous tribes who call the sanctuary home.	Tigers, Grey-headed Fishing Eagle, the Peninsular Bay Owl, the Nilgiri Wood Pigeon, the Black-capped Kingfisher, the Great Black Woodpecker and the Lesser Grey-headed Fish Eagle.